enduring
[en-doo r-ing, -dyoo r-]
- lasting; permanent: a poet of enduring greatness.
- patient; long-suffering.
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Origin of enduring
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Contemporary Examples
And, of course, there is Harry herself: forever fascinating, beautiful, charismatic, and enduringly cool.
No other decade in our history was more alive or enduringly creative.
Perhaps most enduringly, in the great push to open the canon—that equally outdated thing!
For all the real-world importance of his work on crime, the most enduringly fascinating of his books may be his Bureaucracy.
Coffeehouses stayed open late, while in the countryside, “spinning bees”—nocturnal gatherings of women—were enduringly popular.
Historical Examples
Still, still it wears the fetters love so enduringly fastened.
EventideEffie Afton
It is their thoughts and the verse in which their thoughts are embodied that are enduringly memorable.
The Bridling of PegasusAlfred Austin
All these little incidents of my first few days at the farm are enduringly fixed in my memory.
When Life Was YoungC. A. Stephens
A man with such a mouth can think and act, but not feel either passionately or enduringly.
HyacinthGeorge A. Birmingham
Elizabeth, with a skin-deep religion only, was evenly and enduringly virtuous.
Body, Parentage and Character in HistoryFurneaux Jordan
enduring
- permanent; lasting
- having forbearance; long-suffering
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Word Origin and History for enduringly
enduring
late 14c., action of the verb endure; as a present participle adjective meaning "lasting," from 1530s.
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